Chrome extension · Free · 53 languagesHide every tab.
One shortcut.
Focus Mode turns any tab into a clean window: no tab bar, no address bar, no bookmarks, and no full screen. Press Esc and everything is back where it was.
Free forever · No account · Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc
From any tab to a quiet window, in one keystroke.
Open the page you need
A doc, an article, your inbox, a course. Focus Mode works on every site, with nothing to set up.
Press Alt+Shift+X
The tab moves into a clean window. Tabs, address bar and bookmarks are gone. It is not full screen: your other windows stay reachable.
Press Esc to come back
The window closes and the tab is back exactly where it was. Nothing is closed, nothing is lost.
Why not just full screen?
F11 is all or nothing: one tab takes the whole monitor and everything else disappears with it. Focus Mode keeps the page in its own window, so you can work beside your notes, on two screens, or on a laptop without losing the menu bar.
In the free version
- The focus window: tabs, address bar and bookmarks hidden in one press
- Alt+Shift+X, or Cmd+Shift+X on Mac. Esc brings everything back
- Works on every site, nothing to set up
- Your daily counters: sessions, focus minutes, hidden tabs
Keep the feeds that eat your day out of the window.
Search, messages and your profile keep working. What goes is the endless scroll. Everything is off by default: switch on only what gets in your way.
YouTube
Hide the home feed, Shorts, recommendations, comments and live streams. Hide sponsored posts and clickbait titles.
YouTube without the feed →X (formerly Twitter)
Hide the timeline, trends, “who to follow” and promoted posts. Text only: every post stays, photos, videos and link previews go.
X without the feed →Hide the feed, LinkedIn News, suggestions and promoted posts. Text only: every post stays, photos, videos and documents go.
LinkedIn without the feed →Hide the Home, Popular and All feeds, trending searches, suggestions and ads. Your communities stay. Text only: every post stays, photos, videos and thumbnails go.
Reddit without the feed →The rest of Pro
- Pomodoro timer, with auto-cycle and a session intention
- Seven ambient sounds to mix: rain, café, fire, forest, waves, white noise, brown noise
- Site blocker
- Focus stats: streaks, levels, badges and a year-long activity map
- Favorites, quick capture box, distraction log, daily goal
- Organize the popup: reorder or hide any section
$7.99, one payment, yours forever. No subscription, no trial that ends up charging you. You buy it inside the extension. All of Pro →
The 7-day focus program
One short email a day for a week, each with one habit that research actually supports and a ten-minute way to try it. No productivity theatre. See the seven days →
“Finally, a way to actually focus on a single article without twenty other tabs staring me in the face.”
“This extension is amazing! I love how it locks it into one tab to focus.”
“It's just amazing to stay focused on your tasks, thank you!”
Questions people ask
Is it really free?
Yes. The focus window, the shortcut and the daily counters are free, forever, with no account. Pro adds the feed controls for YouTube, X, LinkedIn and Reddit, a Pomodoro timer, sounds, a site blocker and stats, for $7.99 once.
What is the shortcut, and can I change it?
Alt+Shift+X on Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, Cmd+Shift+X on Mac. Esc brings everything back. To change it, open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in Chrome.
How is it different from full screen (F11)?
Full screen takes the whole monitor and hides everything else, including your other windows. Focus Mode puts the page in its own clean window that you can move, resize and keep next to your notes.
Which browsers does it work in?
Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera: any browser that installs extensions from the Chrome Web Store. Not on phones: Chrome on Android and iPhone does not run extensions.
Does the extension track me?
No account, and no analytics or telemetry in the extension. Pro is paid through ExtensionPay and Stripe, which handle the payment. This website counts visits without cookies; see the privacy page.
Is Pro a subscription?
No. $7.99, one payment, yours forever. No trial that turns into a charge.